And the sad reality is that I will drive home at a rate slightly above the posted speed, work out to my usual Denise Austin abs routine and take a shower. I will then have approximately 30 minutes to myself before the little ones come home.

Maybe I’m getting old, but that just doesn’t sound like enough time to be as evil as I want to be.

Looking for love in all the wrong things, oh what a scene of troubled teens

when will we learn as a society

that there's more to life than you and me

and do what's right for the kids you see

we must take responsibility

or the grief we'll make for future's sake

the lives we break  

through the things we take

it's such a shame 

this same old game

who's to blame

I want there name

And so we keep on feeding

the old folks needing

more money we bets

creates bigger debts

creates huge regrets

but hey....it's for the vets

do they really need another park

with another plaque 

that will sit in the dark

what about the child

that's growing wild

with the crazy dad

for the life he had

and the long lost dream

of a future man

with a future plan

and a future scheme

and what about the kids around

and the kids downtown

and the way they frown

it's such a shame

to know their name

and to see them in

to be stuck in sin

to be hooked on drugs

like helpless bugs

under a scope

hung by a rope

and bound by dope

do we help them

nope.

WHEN WILL WE GIVE THE FUTURE OF BERLIN NH THE SAME AS WHAT WE GIVE TO THE PAST GENERATIONS

DO WE NEED ANOTHER MEMORIAL TO REMIND US OF OUR PAST?

DO WE NEED ANOTHER FACILITY TO TAKE CARE OF PAST GENERATIONS?

BUILD MORE FOR THE KIDS!!!

BUILD MORE FOR THE KIDS!!!

Silver fillings are safe to put in your teeth. Otherwise, dentists wouldn't use them.

Cattle in the U.S. beef industry are routinely fed chicken poop, animal blood, expired household pets and other undesirable food sources.

Food manufacturers offer coupons because they want to help people save money.

The history taught to American children in public school is true and accurate

My government would never knowingly lie to me.

He really loves you

He will do it tomorrow

He was with his sick mother

Inflation is a natural side effect of a healthy, growing economy

The U.S. is the most technologically advanced nation in the world

Osama Bin laden will be caught

Throwing salt over your shoulder will ward off the devil

The Devil actually wears Prada

The mainstream news outlets (cable news, national newspapers, network news) in America accurately report war events in Iraq

Burt Reynolds has hair

Anything that hasn't been scientifically proven isn't true.

The United States of America is a Democracy

Neil and the boys really did land on the moon

 In 1945, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on civilian populations in Japan in order to force Japan's surrender and "save a million lives."

The fluoride added to drinking water is sourced from naturally-occurring fluoride mineral deposits.

John McCain would be good for America and the world

I really did put 23 reasons here

Check out this article by Sharon Duke Estroff. In addition to her syndicated columns, she is the author of "Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah?" -- which I HIGHLY recommend.

Age-old parenting lessons for a brand new school year

By Sharon Duke Estroff

The back-to-school season is, for all intents and purposes, a period of pure parental mayhem. From tracking down the coolest Batman or Barbie backpack on the block to searching out that elusive five subject, wide-ruled, perforated spiral notebook that our child needs for Hebrew class, our to-do lists seem virtually endless. . .

The Pressure

Still for many modern parents, the stress of preparing our kids for their return to academia pales in comparison to the pressure we endure once they actually get there. After all, in our achievement-obsessed society, it often feels that our parental efficacy is directly correlated with our children's standardized test scores. It's no wonder that the sheer thought of homework, report cards and parent-teacher conferences has our stomach turning somersaults.

And if all this academic pressure is tough on us as parents, it's wreaking absolute havoc on our kids. Research reveals all kinds of worrisome trends showing up en masse in 21st century schoolchildren--from anxiety and depression to psychosomatic illness to drug and alcohol consumption. So intense is the pressure to perform in school, in fact, that a recent cover story of Newsweek magazine titled "Fourth Grade Slump" reported a rampant and unprecedented academic malaise--characterized by declining interest in reading and gradual disengagement from school--that's striking American kids.

One of the most marvelous aspects of the Jewish tradition is its ability to guide, protect, and strengthen us at times when we need it most. As if our forefathers could see eons into the future--knowing their ancestors would one day be faced with back to school stress of biblical proportions--they've sent sage advice our way. The following golden nuggets of ancient Jewish wisdom promise to keep your family sane, happy and healthy this back to school season--and for many school-years to come.

Study for Its Own Sake

The Mishnah states that Torah should be studied lishmah, or for its own sake. In other words, we shouldn't learn Torah with ulterior motives (i.e. getting on God's A-list or wowing others with our biblical mastery). Rather, we should release ourselves to the beauty and majesty of the text--enjoying it in its own right. In doing so, it is believed, we achieve a divine level of existence.

By the same token, we should not present the act of learning to our children as a means to an end (i.e. you study science so you can ace the exam so you can get into a really good college one day). Instead, we must help them recognize and embrace the inherent magic, excitement and privilege of discovering the world around them.

"We live in a goal-oriented society. The value of activities is measured in the results achieved. We study to pass tests. We attend classes to earn a degree. Thus, for most of us, the Jewish value of learning for its own sake is often regarded as a quaint but antiquated tradition," writes Rabbi Jerome Epstein of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. "It is time for Jews to reappropriate the value of Torah lishmah not only for our personal growth but for the healing that it can bring."

This is not to suggest, of course, that we place no focus on scholastic performance. We should do all we can to help our children realize their potential--academically and otherwise. But we should be careful not to depict education simply as a stepping stone to bigger and better things, while we're at it.

There's a beautiful Jewish custom of drizzling honey on the letters the first time a child learns the Aleph-Bet. The purpose of the honey is not to disguise the work that inevitably lies ahead, but to serve as a reminder to savor its sweetness. Similarly, by following up the nightly homework drill with a family nature hike together--or setting aside an hour one evening to cuddle up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn for some family DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time--we can recapture the inherent yumminess of learning without undermining the importance of schoolwork.

And on the Seventh Day God Rested

Let's face it. Try as we might to reduce our kids' academic stress, we can't do away with it completely. School is after all, hard work by design. While studying is enlightening and empowering it can also be demanding and rigorous. And that's exactly the way it should be. Judaism places great value on work, and diligence, and of course, on study.
But our religion also believes in downtime. "Six days shall you labor and do all your work" reads the Book of Exodus "and the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God [on which] you shall not do any work."

Our kids spend their school-weeks in constant motion, schlepping from classes to baseball practice to violin lessons to Hebrew School. They desperately need a time to recharge and refuel. And in Shabbat, they have it. But Shabbat is far more than just a weekly chill session for our kids. In the Sabbath rituals our children find the consistency and predictability they need to thrive despite a frenetically paced life. They find the spirituality and hope that will keep them emotionally healthy in an unpredictable 21st century world.

Educate a Child According to His Way

In modern day America, cramming kids into societally constructed Harvard-bound boxes has become parental sport. But the reality is that not every child is hardwired to go to Harvard.

The wise King Solomon recognizes this truth in the Book of Proverbs when he teaches us that we must "educate a child according to hisway". Notice, he doesn't say anything about our way; or the school system'sway; or the college entrance board'sway. He says simply the child's way.

On one level these words entail a basic acceptance of our child's academic realities--coming to terms with the fact that our son may have certain learning challenges that require a unique educational approach, or that our daughter is simply going to be--despite tutoring sessions galore--a perfectly average math student.

But the commandment of educating a child according to his way also requires us to go a step further by recognizing and nurturing our children's unique sets of gifts and talents--whether or not they're considered "gifts" and "talents" by modern societal standards. In his Book of Jewish Values, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin shares his take on Solomon's words. "As a parent you are obligated to be conscious of your child's special intellectual and artistic abilities and interests. Yet I've met parents who have definite views about precisely what sort of person their child should be, and who do not take into account the child's personal interests. Such an attitude denies a child's very individuality."

One of my favorite tools for illuminating children's unique gifts is Howard Gardner's highly acclaimed theory of multiple intelligences (1983, 1999) in which he delineates at least eight distinct types of intelligences of value to society that exist in human beings. Eight different realms in which to uncover the sparks of genius in our children.

Kids who are masters of puzzles and Legos, for example, exhibit what Gardner calls spatial intelligence, while children who love reading and telling stories possess linguistic intelligence. Bug-loving kiddies tend to exhibit naturalistic intelligence, while children who get a kick out of strategy games often have logical-mathematical intelligence. Children with natural leadership skills show have interpersonal intelligence; while introspective, spiritual children have intrapersonal intelligence. Kids with bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are agile and physically coordinated, while those with musical intelligence have a knack for singing and playing instruments.

And if you're especially lucky along your parenting journey, you'll get to know a child with menschlich intelligence--a spark of God-given sweetness and compassion that far transcends the 99th percentile on the California Achievement Test.

But even if you conclude that your child is not a budding Albert Einstein, you're in good company. At the end of the day most of our kids are, well, regular old kids--good at some things, not so good at others. And counting on us to love and support them in all their wonderfully regular-kid glory.

*This article originally appeared on MyJewishLearning.com

SHARON DUKE ESTROFF

Sharon Duke Estroff is an internationally syndicated Jewish parenting columnist, award-winning Jewish educator and mother of four. Her Jewish parenting book, "Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah?" (Broadway Books, 2007) is available everywhere books are sold. www.sharonestroff.com.

We're back to normal now, thanks to Destructo having recreated himself in the form of Tired Boy, thus giving The Mom a chance to pick up while he naps.

The following guest post is the first in a series of three.

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Arriving in Burundi I was first struck by the amazing beauty of this mountainous country. Our first assignment was to travel to Makamba, a province in the south bordering Tanzania. Makamba will soon become home to many of the 100,000 Burundians returning from refugee camps in Tanzania slated to close next year. These refugees—over half of them children and youth— will need support for a peaceful return and reintegration. Host communities will need help absorbing these new arrivals into what are already overtaxed local economies.

The markets and town centers we visited in Makamba were busy and full of life. People were out and about buying and selling bread, fruit and vegetables. Bicycle repair shops and tailoring shops were whirring with activity. But In and around the market place during school hours were tons of children, without books, school uniforms or even shoes – their school fees too great for their poverty stricken families to afford. Burundi’s education system, crippled by the conflict, is unable to accommodate all its children—and as more and more families return from Tanzania the number of children and youth who don’t receive any schooling will continue to grow.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) supports training for out-of-school youth in skilled trades to help them become more employable and able to contribute to their families’ incomes. We visited a couple of these courses, run by local tradespeople specializing in carpentry and cooking. While the trainers and IRC staff members clearly took pride in their students’ accomplishments, they said they worried that after graduation the students would have difficulty finding jobs—and a path to self-sufficient adulthood— in a struggling economy where opportunities are few.

What youth need to make it in the markets – and ultimately in life – is a sense of innovation, the ability to cope with shocks and setbacks, and the confidence and self esteem to believe they have a future.

The hopeful young Burundians we met and who the IRC’s youth program staff encounter each day are willing and even desperate to try new things and dedicate time to learning new skills. But they need more than just a trade to succeed. They also need the know-how to start their own business and access credit, the knowledge to keep themselves healthy mentally and physically, and the ability and understanding to resolve conflict without resorting to violence. The IRC has received new funding to expand its youth programs and is working to provide young people with these “big picture” skills that will help them navigate their way to a healthy and peaceful adulthood.

What I was most struck by in Makamba was the hope of the Burundian youth that, despite all odds, they were going to work to restore peace and stability in their country. Their optimism was cautious, but they remained hopeful that things can and will change for their country. ]]> http://thissophorificlobe.wordpress.com/?p=10 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:29:42 +0000 Captain Morose http://thissophorificlobe.wordpress.com/?p=10 The worst cinematic experience is to do with the audience

Yesterday was meant to be a nice day out with the mother - the weather was fine, the breeze was kind and lunch was cheap and cholesterol-ridden, but sometimes your body has to give to get something in return.

It is not often that summer provides the general population of the UK with something to be pleased about. So rarely is the sun seen under grubby-wadded clouds that any flash of the Golden Elixir of Sunshine will get people wandering around the streets, trying to determine what exactly constitutes a nice day out.

The plan for us was to see the film Kung Fu Panda. Seeing what is clearly a children's movie doesn't necessarily deter the cinema-goer as to what the content will involve - a good helping of silliness can brighten up an otherwise glum day, as discovered by the members of the Goon Show and Monty Python.

Pixar have set a high bar for other film animation studios to reach, with the makers of Shrek hovering up there as well, though some might say that the quality has diminished with sequel after sequel - it is not a horror franchise after all, unless the jocular ogre is eventually cast in the fantasy plumber horror film Shrek 8: Evil Curse of the Vampire's Blood Drain.

Kung Fu Panda, on the other hand, suffered from the well-known affliction of the trailer being better than the film itself. Throughout the film I was bored, and mother even fell asleep. Even with such a star-studded cast, who didn't appear to speak throughout the majority of the film, it could not be saved. Yes, it is a children's film, yes, the animated animals were cute. That's about it. The tale of morality wasn't executed well either and the ending was dire. Taking into account how a certain motoring journalist thought the film was going to be a morality tale about a small Fiat, I might have actually preferred that.

At least the audience would have been different. The film did have some saving grace. It did distract the parentless pre-teen girls who had taken advantage of the premier seating up front from being generally obnoxious. There is no need to scream loudly whilst running up and down the aisles, show deeply pathetic attempts at sarcasm - a concept which they obviously thought was a new flavour of Sunny D - and ring each others' mobiles whilst the film is playing. The poor boy sitting in front of us had cunningly pulled out his iPod and saved his sanity that way. Morality had clearly slipped by these girls.

I felt particularly embarrassed for my mother, who is getting on in years and it did make me wonder that if the parents of these girls who had seen fit to let them loose in the cinema, had doled out a helping of simple etiquette, would I have decided that the feature film was bad? Regardless of the film, if the cinema-going experience wasn't pleasant, that surely has a knock-on effect.

Kung Fu Panda is a PG-rated film. When I was a kid (if you excuse the blatant nostalgia trip), I remember PG films being Jurassic Park. When it comes to cute animated animals using martial arts on each other versus a man doing a dump in a toilet before getting gobbled up by a T-Rex, Kung Fu Panda doesn't seem so PG any more.

But should PG mean that parents can leave their children to be complete disturbances in the cinema? Surely, just like the cholesterol ingestion I had later that day, if giving and getting was the way to go parents should be able to do this, which they did, and I should be able to reserve my right to jam the little twats' heads into the cup holders attached to the seats.

But this would not be allowed. The cup holder to seat ratio would be diminished. Reality would warp, the universe would implode and my mother would still be comfortably asleep.

Film rating = 2 out of 5

So..I saw the Kid Rock fight and have only a few things to say about it.  First thing, Kid Rock kicks ass for being in a waffle house.  Actually..Kid Rock sucks but Waffle House is the king of diners.  The amount of ass you can pull out of Waffle House is endless..I once had this 45 year old woman from Arkansas going down on me in a Waffle House bathroom...amazing, especially when you can have breakfast and sex at the same time.  Have you ever gone down on a girl while licking syrup and egg whites off of a woman's vijay-jay and then having her give you a blumpkin with her aluminum fronts on.  Out of this fucking world y'all.

Secondly, Kid Rock fights like a girl with no arms trying to tie her shoe.  Fucking classic!!! I would bet that Screech Powers would roll up Kid Rock, tea bag him, then bend him over and show him who the REAL Uncle Cracker is...No wonder why Pam Anderson left him, it gets old fucking Kid rock in the Ass.

The first announcement is online now, with a form available to indicate your interest in attending the conference. I don't yet know whether any of the following needs will be met at the conference site itself, but I have asked the conference organizers and will let you know as soon as I hear back from them.

1. A nursing room with comfortable chairs, a mini-fridge, and a door.

2. Nearby drop-in child care facilities.

I did not ask about child care at the conference site itself, but if you have need of such services, you are welcome to do so. Please note that the hotel reservation system is now accepting reservations; the nightly rate is $179. All comments, ideas, resource exchanging for this new location are welcome in the comments below.

Yay! :-)

Our family had watched it about 6 years ago when we were doing a unit study on the French Revolution. We had also watched a black and white movie version of Dickens Tale of Two Cities a few months earlier.

 The children enjoyed The Scarlet Pimpernel very much. The Tale of Two Cities - my oldest is still upset about. It was a little to real. A little two heart wrentching. Not a happy ending for everyone.

Both were great movies though.

A few weeks ago we rented two movies from the Redbox at the local Savemart. This is not a deal compared to Netflix, but we were having a outdoor movie night with the neigbor kids and our dvd's have become a bit boring.

I forgot to buy popcorn, but we did have lots of candy and drinks. Our simple little movie night was a big hit.

Tallulah - Mama?

Me - Yes, Tallulah?

Tallulah - God made everything didn't he?

Me - Yes Tallulah, he did.

Tallulah - huge pregnant pause '...And the builders of course...'

Oscar - gets very excited and starts shouting 'Bobba Builder! Bobba Builder! Fix it!'

Me - Thinks, I really don't want to talk about God now.  Abort. Abort. Abort.  'Yes Tallulah, and the builders.'

Tilly - Gives me a weird look, 'But...'

Me - 'But nothing Tilly.  God AND the builders.'

Tilly - now old enough to interpret my anguished and wriggling eyebrows, 'Ahh! Yes Tallulah. That's right.'

Tallulah - very self satisfied - 'Good. I thought so.'

Conversation carefully diverted into other avenues as we wave at the hairdresser as we pass her hair emporium.

We have lunch in the supermarket cafe.  Tallulah is staring around her with wide eyed awe as if she's never seen the place before.  She looks up to the heavens:

Tallulah - 'I wonder if God made the ceiling in the Co-op.  Mama? Do you think that God made the ceiling in the Co-op.'

I'm still wondering how to answer this when discretion gets the better part of Tilly.  She gives Tallulah a withering look that only a newly nine year old can do:

Tilly - 'Of course he didn't!' The words 'You total spanner' are left unsaid but thought very loudly.

Tallulah - looks sagely at Tilly, steeples her fingers together and pronounces, 'Ah, yes! It must have been the builders then.'

We all look at her in a bewildered fashion.  She smiles beatifically and administers the coup de grace:

Tallulah - 'Still. God told 'em how to do it properly first.'

We eat the rest of our meal in silence.

I looked at their hands,
They were red with clay,
Not modelling clay but burnt clay!

I looked into their eyes,
In them, I saw a burning fire,
The reflection of the brick kiln's fire!

I looked on as they played,
Like other kids, they were stacking bricks,
Not LEGO bricks but real bricks!

I looked into their souls,
They asked me why they were doing this - why?
Can someone tell me why?

Times I have told Tallulah to stop playing with/generally prodding her brother's head  - 30

Times I have had to chivvy them along so that lunch time doesn't bleed into dinner time, etc - 10

Times I have had to remind them to flush the toilet and wash their hands - 4 billion

Times I have had to repeat myself - 20 gerjillion

Times I have had to raise my voice - It is permanently all the way up to eleven this week.

It is all so very, very boring.  Even rock cakes are losing their ability to make me feel comforted in times of trauma.  This may be because I have nearly eaten them all, and the ones that are left are stale.  I don't really know.  I do know that I have now found my limit for enduring school holidays.  I will round it up to a generous fortnight, but that's all I'm prepared to offer you.  You can take your other four weeks and stick them somewhere unpleasant, because that's what it's going to feel like to me.

I have got to the point where I am now trying to cross off the rest of the time with way stations, much like someone would approach climbing Everest.  I can knock another week off because we're going to Norfolk and my parents will be there.  This means I only have three weeks left to account for.  The last week will probably go quite quickly because I leave the whole school uniform/shoe thing until the last minute because otherwise it's so boring I could kill myself and I like to work against the clock.  It's a bit like that show with Anneka Rice and Wincey Willis but with less mullets and jumpsuits.  So that's only two weeks.  One of the week's Tilly is away with a friend, but that could go either way, so I'm rather undecided about it.  It may be better, it may be worse.  Tallulah is the wild card and it just depends on how she's going to play it.  If she were a horse I'd never bet on her, so that week is worrying me quite a lot.

That leaves next week in which I am assured of more of the same, more of the same, and more of the same.  It would help if they decided not to be ill in any way shape or form.  I think life would be generally easier, happier and altogether more shiny if there were less vomit and other bodily fluids being excreted.  I am using the next few days as a litmus test to see if they really are all better before planning any holiday extravaganzas.  I have some graph paper, some foxes heads on sticks and a thermometer dipped in antique calpol.  Wish me luck...

From what I saw on the program, they did go over some  positive aspects of Black America. I wouldn’t say the entire show was aimed towards this, but all the same there were very positive aspects. Can we ignore the bad in search of something good? Were we expecting an entire show dedicated to the positive aspects of black America when half of black America is, indeed struggling?

Since most have already pointed out the negatives of the program, I’ll point out the positives that I saw:

The black family with both parents and 5 children, all of which they successfully sent to college, except one because she/he was not of age yet and the parents have their own family business.

They covered a child who successfully made it out the “hood” and went to Julliard for dance and we all know Eric Dyson’s success story.

I remember them talking about the rapid increase of black business (up 45%, I believe) in the last decade which often the media ignores.

I remember them covering a large family who annually held family reunions, strongly stuck together and helped each other, and knew their family history tenfold.

They talked about the large number of black sisters who hold a degree. They talked about the many intelligent, financially well off sisters who are doing  very well for themselves.

They covered the 2 year experimental program in NY for less fortunate children which actually pays children to go to school and is designed to help motivate young black children in learning and give them a more promising future that would probably otherwise be bleak. So far , it has proven to be a successful motivation tool for learning.

I’d give the program a chance to play itself out before I denounce it. I’ll be tuning in tonight @ 8pm central time for the Black Men segment.

Besides this, I was watching it with some family members (cousins, aunts)—some of whom fall into the category of single parent mothers and they were very pleased to have an open dialogue about these issues and it opened their minds to many other things mentioned on the program. I think overall, it was more helpful than harmful.

I wish this damn weather would figure itself out.  Watching 3 kids at the moment (one belongs to me, the other two are loaners) and hate feeling trapped in the house.  May be a good pool day, but oh oh oh, nope, now it's raining.  Make up your mind, weather!

Supposing I should pull out the "supermom" cape and make cookies.  I so don't have that in me, but I guess the kids deserve some fun today.  We walked home in the rain, which could have been a complete disaster, but was actually amusing.  Some cars drove by and laughed at me, clinging desperately to a cup of coffee while three children huddled under a large umbrella, clinging desperately to stuffed animals.  Whatever gets you thru the night....

Telling the kids to turn the TV off, tho that just means more work for me.  I find the dynamic of three kids never really works.  Two always seem to tick off the other one, and then it's referee time.  

Alrighty, back to the grind...

According to People.com, former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken recently returned from a trip to Somalia and Kenya, and is blogging about it on UNICEF's website. In a post, Aiken talks about the violence during the country's election earlier this year, and how it left thousands of children homeless. He also points out that even though there's been a decrease in the country's unrest, many children have not been able to return to school.

With Aiken set to become a father next month (via artificial insemination) with his friend, music producer Jaymes Foster, and this latest humanitarian effort (he also started the Bubel Aiken Foundation to benefit children with disabilities), it looks like he's after Angelina's gig as the head humanitarian/parent/saint in Hollywood. Wonder who his Brad will be?

ANSWER: Amber,
If you continue complaining about this situation and do nothing about it you will stay in a victim role.  I suggest you be a student and learn from what has taken place. Your mom is NOT a safe person to be around. Neither is this woman. So that means you don't go around your mom. Write her a clear letter on your experience and let her know that if you come around you DON'T want this woman around. If she is unwilling to comply with your request then learn that your mother may be as evil as this lady is despite your wishes to believe otherwise. ]]> http://childtrackingdevices.wordpress.com/?p=3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:36:38 +0000 morenaturalcuresonline http://childtrackingdevices.wordpress.com/?p=3 Child Tracking Devices: Which Is Best For You?

There are two basic types of child tracking devices on the market today used for the purpose of tracking children: RF (Radio Frequency) or GPS (Global Positioning System). The main difference between the two is how they locate their targets.

The RF device bounces a radio signal off of a small receiver carried somewhere on the childs body. (like a wristwatch or shoelaces for example) any of these devices are extremely effective at tracking children at short distances like at the zoo or a crowded amusement park. But it is of little use at long distance like if the parent is at work and the child is walking home from school.

That's where GPS devices step in. GPS is best known by consumers as that little navigation tool that some people to put in their cars to tell them when to turn right. The advantage of the GPS system is that it can locate someone practically anywhere on the planet. It's the same system the military uses. The only main drawback is that it only gives an approximate location. It doesn't pinpint the exact location. It's good if a child is abducted or gets lost at a great distance away. But it doesn't help much if the child gets lost in a crowd.

So the big debate lately is which is the child tracking device to get: RF or GPS? Well the no-brainer answer is . . .get both. The RF devices are very inexpensively aquired. You can usually get a good quality RF device for less than $15.00 especially if you go to Ebay. The GPS devices can be considerably more expensive but priceless if a child disappears at a great distance. You can use the GPS to locate the general area and once you are there you can use the RF to find the exact location. For the best prices on child tracking devices, click here

GPS child tracking devices may be more expensive and have monthly fees but you can do so much more with them. For example, on some of the better units, you can set up a perimeter so that when the unit is carried out of bounds, an instant alert is sent out. They also come equipped with an "SOS" button that signals any kind of emergency. They can also be used to track elderly people, pets and personal belongings. Even though they come with more sticker shock than the RF, they can possibly make a life and death difference. And just like the RF devices, you can usually get a good deal on these on Ebay.

Eventually, a device will come out that can both track children at close range and great distances but for the time being, a GPS device combined with an inexpensive RF device Seems Like the way to go. Be sure to click here for the best prices on child tracking devices.